Pamela Davis-Kean co-authored a study with Maria Ines Susperreguy, Kathryn Duckworth, and Meichu Chen which finds students’ self-concept of their own ability in math and reading predicts later attainment across different levels of achievement. The article, Self-Concept Predicts Academic Achievement Across Levels of the Achievement Distribution: Domain Specificity for Math and Reading, has been reported… Continue reading Kids’ Self-Perception of Ability in Math & Reading Predicts Later Achievement
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James S. Jackson to receive U-M Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award
James Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, RCGD research professor, and former director of ISR, will be awarded the University of Michigan’s inaugural Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award. The award recognizes Jackson for his “innovative research on the influence of race on the health of African Americans, including the National Survey of Black… Continue reading James S. Jackson to receive U-M Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award
James Jackson named inaugural recipient of U-M Diversity Scholar Career Award
James Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, RCGD research professor, and former ISR Director, has been awarded the University of Michigan’s first Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award. The award recognizes Jackson for his “innovative research on the influence of race on the health of African Americans, including the National Survey of Black Americans… Continue reading James Jackson named inaugural recipient of U-M Diversity Scholar Career Award
U-M’s HomeLab allows researchers to observe and test interventions for seniors’ home life
In a fully functional mock apartment called HomeLab at the Institute for Social Research, U-M researchers use personal observation, cameras, microphones, and wearable sensors to record data as participants perform ordinary daily living activities. They can also collect and analyze biomarker data from blood and saliva. An important potential for HomeLab, a collaboration involving several… Continue reading U-M’s HomeLab allows researchers to observe and test interventions for seniors’ home life
Home sweet HomeLab
New U-M lab provides a space for researchers to study how we live in our most familiar environment Click here for a video about the new lab space. ANN ARBOR—Fredda Clisham washes her hands at a bathroom sink—something she’s done thousands of times in her 96 years. But this time, it’s different. This time, Clisham,… Continue reading Home sweet HomeLab
Davis-Kean et al. link children’s self-perceptions to their math and reading achievement
A recent study by Pamela Davis-Kean and colleagues found that children’s beliefs about their math and reading abilities explain some of the variance in their later math and reading achievement, after controlling for children’s characteristics and backgrounds, including birth weight, race/ethnicity, gender, age, and their mother’s education, as well as prior academic achievement. The findings… Continue reading Davis-Kean et al. link children’s self-perceptions to their math and reading achievement
Study raises doubts about safety of some forms of birth control pills
ANN ARBOR—New research on how birth control pills affect the level of hormones in women’s blood serum has found much higher levels of hormones in women who take birth control pills compared to women who don’t. The University of Michigan study was motivated by evidence that breast cancer risk increases with hormonal exposure. The authors… Continue reading Study raises doubts about safety of some forms of birth control pills
U-M receives grant to study how low-cost family planning can improve women’s lives
ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan economist will lead a grant of up to $5.9 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to study how reducing financial barriers to reproductive health care affects women’s lives. As part of the Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES), U-M researchers hope to learn whether subsidizing family… Continue reading U-M receives grant to study how low-cost family planning can improve women’s lives
Panapasa finds Pacific Islanders in CA have higher health risks, lower insurance coverage than other Californians
Research by Sela Panapasa finds that two groups of Pacific Islanders residing in California – Samoans and Tongans – had higher rates of hypertension and cigarette smoking, and lower rates of health insurance coverage and use of health care screenings, than Californians at large.
Survey finds health disparities in two Pacific Islander populations
ANN ARBOR—A survey of two groups of Pacific Islanders draws comparisons between the health of two populations of Pacific Islanders residing in California, revealing they lag behind the state in several key areas of health. Led by Sela Panapasa, a scientist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, a group of researchers administered… Continue reading Survey finds health disparities in two Pacific Islander populations